What is updates.exe?

updates.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\startup\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected updates.exe.

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VirusTotal report

42 of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the updates.exe file. That's a 89% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Agnitum	Trojan.Buzus!+RYbm8wynGE
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Zbot
AntiVir	TR/Karagany.EB.3
Avast	Win32:Ransom-NR [Trj]
AVG	Ransomer.AHV
Baidu-International	Trojan.Win32.Buzus.lxwn
BitDefender	Trojan.Encpk.Gen.1
Bkav	W32.UsernameWfwubC.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal	VirTool.CeeInject.A
Commtouch	W32/Zbot.GS.gen!Eldorado
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Injector.VBD
DrWeb	Trojan.Packed.23046
Emsisoft	Trojan.Encpk.Gen.1 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/TrojanProxy.Wintu.B
F-Prot	W32/Zbot.GS.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure	Trojan.Encpk.Gen.1
Fortinet	W32/Injector.UOO!tr
GData	Trojan.Encpk.Gen.1
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Ransom
Jiangmin	Trojan/Buzus.apfx
K7AntiVirus	Spyware
K7GW	Spyware
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Buzus.lxwn
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Agent
McAfee	PWS-Zbot.gen.afr
McAfee-GW-Edition	PWS-Zbot.gen.afr
Microsoft	VirTool:Win32/CeeInject.gen!HT
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Encpk.Gen.1
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Buzus.wiyaf
Norman	Crypt.BGHX
nProtect	Trojan.Encpk.Gen.1
Panda	Trj/PurePack.a
PCTools	Trojan.Gen
Sophos	Mal/EncPk-AFN
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
TheHacker	Trojan/Buzus.lxwn
TotalDefense	Win32/CeeInject.DU
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.USBH31ACN
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TSPY_ZBOT.SM24
VBA32	BScope.Worm.Slenfbot.1791
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Encpk.afnb (v)
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.A.Buzus.60271.A

updates.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove updates.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the updates.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that updates.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate updates.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the updates.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate updates.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\ro..\windows\start menu\programs\startup\updates.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the updates.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If updates.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If updates.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If updates.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that updates.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

Filename variants

updates.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• YOUTUBE.PLAYER.exe

Folder name variants

updates.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\startup\. The most common variants are listed below:

• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\updates\

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